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Political Washington largely ignores the problem. It's done little to curb abuses. Action belies lip service. A sinkhole of trouble deepens. A lost generation threatens.
Higher education today involves crushing debt burdens too onerous to repay. Rising poverty, unemployment, few job prospects, and a system sucking wealth to America's super-rich makes today's crisis unmanageable.
Education beyond secondary school once meant brighter futures. Today it ensures debt entrapment too demanding to repay. Neoliberal harshness polarized American society along class lines. It also affects Europe.
In modern times, it's harder than ever to cope. For growing numbers of deeply indebted students it's impossible. Their dreams became no-escape nightmares.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at Email address removed .
His new book is titled "How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War"
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